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Phil Fortier

By icefallgames

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CategoryRankScoreCount
Coolness371
Overall1183.73
Theme1203.90
Mood1413.48
Graphics1493.76
Innovation2663.45
Fun2883.38
Audio3183.00
Humor4272.30

Comments

madhoe 2016-04-18 06:52

Neat concept! I got stuck in the first screenshot level, not sure how to continue

reismahnic 2016-04-18 07:26

Wow, really liked this! Clever puzzle mechanics and a beautiful aesthetic! Well done!

icefallgames 2016-04-18 07:41

@undefinist, yeah that's probably the toughest level, maybe I should have put it last. You need to switch right hand ball to a square after it goes down the shaft and before it rolls off to the left. Then swap back and forth between square and circle to inch it to the tip of the platform. Then switch it to a circle just as the left hand circle flies toward it, it should launch it to the right with just enough speed to make it to the correct spot in the lower platform..

miguelsantirso 2016-04-18 07:42

I loved the intro, how the letter becomes the main character!

Cool concept and good visuals. Good achievement for the compo :)

ccglp 2016-04-18 08:01

Beatiful visuals. The intro is one of the best i've ever seen!

saladon 2016-04-18 08:12

Fun to play. Good work.

dylanwolf 2016-04-18 16:14

Really neat mechanic, and well-designed puzzles. The graphics and sound set a nice mood, too.

I think I got past one of the levels simply because the balls were spawning fast enough that they hit the ramp faster than they should.

icefallgames 2016-04-18 16:33

@dylanwolf ... oops, I know for a while I had a bug where more balls were spawning than were originally on screen, but I thought I fixed it. Is that what happened? The balls should only spawn when one of them hits the bottom and dies.

hyoga-3d 2016-04-18 17:12

Great use of the theme, the puzzles are very challenging, nice job.

hellojed 2016-04-19 05:42

Very moody. Great work!

wavertron 2016-04-19 10:03

Really nice game. Feels quite complete. I got stuck about level 5 or 6. Not sure exactly. At one point the repeating rolling ball on the left went crazy and started coming out in multiples (bug?)

icefallgames 2016-04-19 15:44

Thanks for playing! Yup, that's a bug. I'll see if I can repro and fix it....

icefallgames 2016-04-19 16:43

Multiple spawning bug should be fixed now.

mdotedot 2016-04-19 17:31

Great and inspirational.

ratking 2016-04-19 17:43

Solid entry, but a bit frustrating due to the physics! I like the idea a lot!

McFunkypants 2016-04-19 19:19

This is a really cool mechanic, and nicely presented with unique artwork. I definitely liked this one! Nice work.

weaverdeveloper 2016-04-20 04:49

Intro is super neat. Puzzles can be a bit tricky because of the unreliability of physics, but very good nonetheless.
My only complaint is getting suck on the sides of cubes when jumping.

demane_f 2016-04-20 11:29

Cool game ! A bit short but nice mechanics, few collisions bugs on jumping or sometimes the puzzle resolves itself.. but love it !

plantprogrammer 2016-04-20 14:11

Until the very last level I did not understand there is an order to shifting. When I finally found out, it was obvious, though.

Great game, enjoyed it very much, would like to see more :)

Only issue I had, is that the jumping control and collisions with platforms acts a bit weird in some places.

icefallgames 2016-04-20 16:53

Thanks for the feedback! Yeah, I should have made it more obvious that the shifting swaps with the object in your thought bubble. Maybe by visually moving them towards each other or something.
Agreed that the platform jumping collisions need more work!

voider 2016-04-24 20:07

nice game, loved the audio and puzzles, great concept!

adam 2016-04-24 20:14

The visual style comes together really well (I enjoyed reading your blog article about creating the textures). The puzzle mechanic seems promising - I wonder how much scope there is for creating more levels with it?

sunflower 2016-04-24 20:21

Quite a fun puzzle idea. I liked the general mood, animation etc. too, it's a well polished entry. If there's some issue, then maybe that it's too short. ^^'

Still, pretty good job overall!

shael 2016-04-24 20:30

It was fun. reminded me of abe's odyssey for some reason.
Great work :)

ploerre 2016-04-24 22:07

The best entry i've seen so far. Nice ambient, simple and upgradeble concept.
the last level was very tricky, i almost gave up :D
Almost 5 points in every disc. good work mate.

2016-04-25 08:06

Hi, nice game ! We're realizing a video with several games of the Ludum Dare #35.
Can you add your game on indiexpo.net ? (it's free)
So we can include also your game in the video ;)
p.s. write #LDJAM in the game's description

tacohej 2016-04-28 15:01

Very creative, well done. Love the character animation, and the levels are cool. I got hard fast at "first screenshot level" and I think the left bolder made it kinda stressful. But overall, very good job

anachron 2016-04-28 16:52

Fun physics puzzler and great idea! Not quite sure how to beat the last level... Character design is very neat. Would be cool to have a timer or some way to make it possible for people to compete, and give an incentive to replay levels.

aaranos 2016-04-29 03:30

Very creative menu to game transition.

csanyk 2016-04-30 03:44

Physics puzzles! So the first level, you walk to the door yourself, then thereafter you just have to roll a ball to the door, which I didn't understand at first. It seems like rolling the ball to the door is not the most intuitive visual language. But the core concept is pretty solid.

icefallgames 2016-04-30 06:33

You can't reach the door in the subsequent levels, because the space around the door isn't large enough for the player. But agreed, the visual language could be clearer.

geckoo1337 2016-05-01 16:13

Ok. To summarize my point of view - this is one of my favorite entries for this 35th LudumDare session. I played and achieved all levels which was really enjoyable. There is a good work on the player. Maybe you could fix these problems about sprites (I see a line around) and some bug when the player sometimes jump on colliders. However, it's very fun. Well done ++

rock-eaters 2016-05-05 21:57

Good puzzle game and nice game design. i stay stuck in the 4th or 5ht. when a ball is falling from top left and top right. I love the scribble man too :)